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Effects of fusogenic and DNA-binding amphiphilic compounds on the receptor-mediated gene transfer into hepatic cells by asialofetuin-labeled liposomes. 1996

T Hara, and H Kuwasawa, and Y Aramaki, and S Takada, and K Koike, and K Ishidate, and H Kato, and S Tsuchiya
Department of Biopharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan.

Effects of fusogenic and DNA-binding amphiphilic compounds on the receptor-mediated gene transfer using asialofetuin-labeled liposomes (AF-liposomes) were examined with HepG2 cells and rat hepatocytes in primary culture. AF-liposomes were sufficiently taken up by both types of cells through the asialoglycoprotein receptor-mediated endocytosis. In HepG2 cells, bacterial beta-galactosidase (beta-Gal) gene expression was observed by transfection using AF-liposomes encapsulating plasmid pCMV beta DNA (AF-liposome-pCMV beta). By addition of dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) to the liposomal lipid composition (AF-liposome(DOPE)-pCMV beta), the transfection efficiency was clearly increased. The effects of DOPE were more conspicuous in the presence of chloroquine in the medium throughout the transfection. When pCMV beta complexed with gramicidin S (pCMV beta (GrS)) was encapsulated (AF-liposome(DOPE)-pCMV beta (GrS) and was transfected to HepG2 cells, an significantly high beta-Gal activity in the cells was observed as compared with that in the cells transfected with AF-liposome(DOPE)-pCMV beta. No effects of GrS were found in the transfection using AF-non-labeled control liposomes. In primary culture of rat hepatocytes, no beta-Gal gene expression was observed even though AF-liposome(DOPE)-pCMV beta was introduced into the cells prepared from adult rats. However, following the transfection with AF-liposome(DOPE)-pCMV beta, the beta-Gal activity was expressed in the cells from immature rats cultured in the medium supplemented with epidermal growth factor and insulin, and the transfection efficiency was 2-fold higher than that transfected with pCMV beta encapsulated in AF-non-labeled control liposomes. By the complex formation of pCMV beta with GrS, the transfection efficiency of AF-liposome(DOPE)-pCMV beta (GrS) increased according to the increase of GrS in the complex. It was shown that AF-liposome(DOPE)-pCMV beta (GrS) did efficiently introduce and express beta-Gal gene in both HepG2 cells and primary hepatocytes in the receptor mediated manner.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008081 Liposomes Artificial, single or multilaminar vesicles (made from lecithins or other lipids) that are used for the delivery of a variety of biological molecules or molecular complexes to cells, for example, drug delivery and gene transfer. They are also used to study membranes and membrane proteins. Niosomes,Transferosomes,Ultradeformable Liposomes,Liposomes, Ultra-deformable,Liposome,Liposome, Ultra-deformable,Liposome, Ultradeformable,Liposomes, Ultra deformable,Liposomes, Ultradeformable,Niosome,Transferosome,Ultra-deformable Liposome,Ultra-deformable Liposomes,Ultradeformable Liposome
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008561 Membrane Fusion The adherence and merging of cell membranes, intracellular membranes, or artificial membranes to each other or to viruses, parasites, or interstitial particles through a variety of chemical and physical processes. Fusion, Membrane,Fusions, Membrane,Membrane Fusions
D010714 Phosphatidylethanolamines Derivatives of phosphatidic acids in which the phosphoric acid is bound in ester linkage to an ethanolamine moiety. Complete hydrolysis yields 1 mole of glycerol, phosphoric acid and ethanolamine and 2 moles of fatty acids. Cephalin,Cephalins,Ethanolamine Phosphoglyceride,Ethanolamine Phosphoglycerides,Ethanolamineglycerophospholipids,Phosphoglyceride, Ethanolamine,Phosphoglycerides, Ethanolamine
D010957 Plasmids Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS. Episomes,Episome,Plasmid
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D002738 Chloroquine The prototypical antimalarial agent with a mechanism that is not well understood. It has also been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and in the systemic therapy of amebic liver abscesses. Aralen,Arechine,Arequin,Chingamin,Chlorochin,Chloroquine Sulfate,Chloroquine Sulphate,Khingamin,Nivaquine,Sulfate, Chloroquine,Sulphate, Chloroquine
D002788 Cholesterol Esters Fatty acid esters of cholesterol which constitute about two-thirds of the cholesterol in the plasma. The accumulation of cholesterol esters in the arterial intima is a characteristic feature of atherosclerosis. Cholesterol Ester,Cholesteryl Ester,Cholesteryl Esters,Ester, Cholesterol,Ester, Cholesteryl,Esters, Cholesterol,Esters, Cholesteryl
D004705 Endocytosis Cellular uptake of extracellular materials within membrane-limited vacuoles or microvesicles. ENDOSOMES play a central role in endocytosis. Endocytoses
D006096 Gramicidin A group of peptide antibiotics from BACILLUS brevis. Gramicidin C or S is a cyclic, ten-amino acid polypeptide and gramicidins A, B, D are linear. Gramicidin is one of the two principal components of TYROTHRICIN. Gramicidin A,Gramicidin A(1),Gramicidin B,Gramicidin C,Gramicidin D,Gramicidin Dubos,Gramicidin J,Gramicidin K,Gramicidin NF,Gramicidin P,Gramicidin S,Gramicidins,Gramoderm,Linear Gramicidin,Gramicidin, Linear

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